Advice under uncertainty in the marine system

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-7

  Dankel, Dorothy J ^a   Aps, Robert ^b   Padda, Gurpreet ^c   Röckmann, Christine ^d   Van Der Sluijs, Jeroen P ^e   Wilson, Douglas C ^f   Degnbol, Poul ^g  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c Food and Rural Affairs   (United Kingdom)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^g ICES ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fisheries advice; Fishery system; Maritime system; Pedigree matrix; Post normal science; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FISHERY POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; MARINE POLICY; MATRIX; POLICY MAKING; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 83255165394     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsr179     Document Type: Article

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